Uppland / Upland

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
design element - patterns - interlace
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22665UPP
Museum and Inventory Number: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppland, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: [the original church is unknown]
Ecclesiastic Region: [Uppsala stift]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 16th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed and illustrated in Roosval (1917) as a baptismal font of pink limestone or marble ["rosafärgad kalksten (marmor)"] dated in the 1500s and located at the SHM; of unknown provenance. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a narrow fringe of acanthus vine all around; the stem consists of an inverted cone over a ball covered in intricate interlace, and a round lower base with splaying moulded sides.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone [cf. FontNotes]
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 57 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Depth: 28 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 71)